The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1887-02-18
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The Forty. Ninth Congress will pass
out Of existence with good record,
notwithstanding what lss critics said
last sessIon. II may not produce .
nov tarid act, or stop the silver coIn.
age at its present rate, bat II hes
provided against al Intesrsgnum 10
the Presidential succession, q has
setiIed the electoral count cOnln,veYsy
and Il has put into the haads of the
President 30 act FOR the regulation OF
Interstate conameree, for which ths
people Of cerlala sections have bsen
calling In vain far years. II has also
attended to some pressing nesds IL
dozen other directions, whatever
may have besn It's general conduct.
Caring the present week the SEN
ate has v0ted against woman suffrage
voted agaln against tho confirmation
Of Recorder OF DeeIs Matthews, voted
for closing the p ,rts OF the United
States against Cauadlsn Imports, In
retaliation for Engsand's slslsiIon Of
tresty obligation with regard 70 Ash
cries, and II Il Eew debating the
question Of Agricnlturs Experiment
Stations. The House II ploddlng
over prosy appropriation bIlls.
Senaior Hear created . mild ssnsa.
tiou 10 the Senate few mornings
sInce by proposing new rule. He
is outraged 81 the Irrsvsrance VI ths
upper House, and hs asked that the
Ssnats shall not be called to order
nor the Cham plain's prayer proceed
at any time until q quorum DO pres
eut. He said Il was ridiculous aud
disgrAeeful spectacle, the daily de-
livery of the Iavo:alIsn 10 the pres
sncs of only three or four Senators
IL religIous exercises were 10 bsicon-
sInusd they should DO drcorous. II
his proposition should carry 10 bpth
houses, Il you'll grestlyldIsturb hab-
Its of long standing, and perhaps lead
TO an abolition Of she ChsplaIn's Of
fee altogether.
For nineteen years the National
womans' Rights Association has held
lis sessions ~ Washington. For
nInetssn successive years the prurn-
Inent advocates of woman suffrage
have hers set forth theIr grievances.
challenged and condsmned their Of
pressprs. chsrlsed their faith aud re-
newsd thlsr vl~+ For nineteen
yeara Miss Anthony, Mrs. sattuck,
Mrs Stanton, Mrs.. Hooker, Mrs.
Howell, Mrs. Wallace. Mrs. ITarbert,
Mrs. Blake, Mrs. 6swell, Miss Csus-
ins aud others, have appealed tO Con-
gress for tie ballot. have oppressed
the matter 81 vote, have hung over
The gallerIeslof tho Houss and Senate
In earnest santlcIpati,n and they
have repeatedly seen ono house Or
The other vote down shuIF saean-e" as
they saw the Senate vute II down
yesterday.
The factSthat sixteen Senators oi
the fifty-one then pfsssns In the Sen.
ate Chamber voied In their favor
while they counted On tho friend
ship Of eleven mere who were absent
is considered . great triumph. Mlss
Anthony feels that the labors Of
lifetime ara.no~ bearing appFeclahls
fruit. She rsalizesiihat twenty ysars
agu her proposed Constitutional
Amendment would have bcsn hooted
out ct the Senate with devIslon. Ten
years ago Ii would hsva Jared much
better, and Ave years ago she cnuld
mt have counted uppn the approv-
Ing votes OF sixteen Senators.
A friend of woman suffrage said d,
Miss Anthony "The trouble with
your cause Il that II lacks polIilcal
vilality. Senator's come and 80 and
Representatives still more frequently
without regard to the merits or de-
merits OF the principle Of woman suf-
frage. Gould the question lavOlved
become direct Issue before the peo-
pie. aud the election Of Senators and
members De made 20 turn on II, the
result might be different. No one h
sent to Congress as = woman snfEra.
glst" continued he, ssAlI OF them
come unIn,truc.ed In the matter az
cept by thsir owa prejudlcss, aud so
they vose.n
Miss Anthony road In convention
the names 0f those Senators Who
voted for htr biz. calling Il the troll
OF honor from the Senate wing OF the
Capitol . and then the names OF those
opposed. Ths audience applauded
when she remarked that the new
Senator. Mr.. Farewell. who occupies
Gen. Logat.'s former seat, cast his
Erst vote In the Senate for woman.
Il was decided TO "spot" those
Senator's who had put themselves on
record against this bill Tor woman.
and Miss Anthony remarked that II